Waterpark - Distributed Actors vs the Pandemic

Explore the development and implementation of "Waterpark," HCA Healthcare's next-generation integration platform, in this conference talk from Strange Loop 2021. Discover how the actor model and Erlang/Elixir technologies were leveraged to create a fault-tolerant and highly productive system capable of handling the company's massive scale. Learn about the platform's transition from proof-of-concept to a continuously available system spread across four data centers, and how it played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Delve into technical aspects such as process pairs, digital twins, bloom filters, rendezvous hashing, and the use of bit-syntax for clinical data. Gain insights into the virtues of wheel reinvention, the application of academic papers in real-world scenarios, and how a Fortune 100 company can foster innovation. Hear about the open-sourcing of HL7 libraries and the impact of Joe Armstrong's work on improving safety for nursing home residents during the pandemic. Join Bryan Hunter, an Enterprise Fellow at HCA Healthcare, as he shares his experience in functional programming and its practical applications in complex business domains.